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SOLE ATTACHING IITH THBRIOPLASTIC CBIEHT Filed Sept. 30, 1944 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 Patented Mar. Il, 1947 anims sons A'r'rAcnlNG wrm mamoms'rlc CEMENT reel n. Dixon. wennen, and Joseph n. lemmi,

Boston. Mass.. assignors to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Flemington. N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Appueeuen september so. 1944, seran Ne. stesse (ci. ia-as) 57 Claims.

This invention relates to sole attaching and is particularly concerned with a method and machine adapted for use when a thermoplastic cement is employed. The invention contemplates the activation oi the cement, after a. sole and shoe have been brought together, by contact with an interposed heated member.

Sole-attaching machines have long been in use in which the attaching of the sole to the shoe is accomplished by means of a cement which has usually been activated before the two are brought together, but such machines require the continuation of pressure for a. considerable period of time while the cement sets thoroughly. In other machines. the activation of the cement (l. e., rendering it adhesive) in situ is effected by a high-irequency electrical apparatus. There are many advantages in the use of a thermoadhesive cement which is hard and non-tacky when the sole and shoe are positioned in the attaching machine because it facilitates the exact positioning of the shoe parts and their repositioning, if necessary, with no danger of inadvertent soiling of the shoe by the cement upon the sole because oi' active cement thereon.

Accordingly. an important object of the invention is to devise an improved method of sole attaching in which the sole' and shoe are brought into the desired position before the cement is activated, and in which the latter is accomplished by means oi a heating member directly in contact with the cement, which is interposed between the two parts and later withdrawn.

In one aspect. invention is to be found in the use of a ilexible metallic blade which is interposed between the two cemented parts and to which heat is supplied to activate the cement. One convenient way of supplying this heat. as illustratively described herein, is the employment of an electric current. illustrated as passed through the blade itself and developing heat therein by reason of the electrical resistance oi' the blade material.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a sole-attaching machine having improved locating mechanism and arranged to facilitate the application of heat to activate the cement. as by means of a ilexible blade.

Features of the invention reside in the shape of the blades, the manner in which they are supported, and in the mechanism for applying an electric current to heat the blades.

It will be recalled that the longitudinal contour of a shoe bottom depends, to a considerable extent, upon the height oi' the heel to be employed on the shoe and, in the case of some shoes, the contour involves a steep reverse curve. Consequently, an activator blade for employment with such shoes must be flexible enough to assume that contour and, since its electrical resistance should be relatively high, the blade will be relatively thin. As a consequence of these premises, the movement of the blade into place overlying the sole and its withdrawal after the cement has been activated necessitates care to avoid destruction ci' the blades by twisting such as might result from uneven pulling.

Still other features of the invention residein rockshaft supports for the ends of activators, such as the blades. and devices for rocking these shafts to tilt the blades upwardly so that they will readily pass in over the edge of a sole and for tilting them downward into contact with the sole. A novel and improved mechanism for withdrawing the longitudinally-bent blade which insures an even pull upon the respective ends is found in a hydraulic slide-actuating mechanism for this purpose.

Sole-locating mechanisms for machines of this type require adjustment of the gaging devices in accordance with the style of the shoe as well as in accordance with the length and width thereoi', and it is desirable to make such a mechanism as automatic as possible in order that the operator may not be required to spend an excessive amount oi' time in adjusting it.

Other features ot the invention reside in toe and forepart gaging devices which are automatically adjusted by relative movement between a simple wdege-shaped templet and movable members connected to the gaging devices. VThe extent of this relative movement depends upon the length of the shoe parts. and a novel device for compensating for the variations in width is interposed between a movable templet-contacting member and a movable gage support.

Still another obiect of the invention is to devise hydraulic operating mechanism by means of which the required steps in the cycle of the machine may be accomplished in the desired sequence and with as little eifort and exercise of judgment upon the part of the operator as is consistent with good results. `In the illustrated arrangement and in accordance with features of the invention, the actuation oi one device, such as a treadle. causes the soleandshoe-1ocating devices to be moved into position in engagement with the sole. Another operator-controlled device, such as a treadle. eil'ects inward movement of the blades into an overlying relation to the cemented 3 f margins of the sole. Still another treadle is employed to set in operation a cam shaft by means of which the successive steps comprising the application of pressure, the heating of the blades. the reduction ci the pressure, the withdrawal oi' the blades, and a succeeding application oi pressure, maintained long enough to allow the cement to set, are accomplished automatically in the desired sequence without further attention upon the part oi the operator.

I'hese and other features of the invention will best be understood from a consideration of the following speciiication taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation oi the head o! a machine in which the invention is embodied. part ot the frame being broken away to show more clearly the construction thereof;

Fig. 2 is an end view of a slide forming part of the sole-locating mechanism or the machine;

Fig. 3 is a view looking down upon a pad box with which the machine is provided and showing the activator-blade mechanism or the machine and .the sole-locating mechanism:

Fig. 3a is a detailed cross section, on a larger 4 scale, taken on the line IIIa-IIIa ot Fig. 3;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the center of the sole-locating mechanism and a part of the pad box taken on the line IV-IV ci Fig. 3, but on a larger scale: f

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view ci the supports for the toe gages; l Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through Fig. 5 on the line VI-VI:

Fig. 'i is a plan view ci the gages ior the heel end of the sole and shoe:

Fig. 8 is a side elevation oi' the heel end oi the pad box and including a part or the wedgeoperated connection between shoe-clamping stirrups and the pad box, parts being broken away and in section;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse 'vertical sec tion, taken on the line IX-IX oi Fig. 3

Fig. 10 is a detail oi a brake for a blade-supporting rocker arm, taken on the line X--X of F184:

Fig. 11 is an elevation of the operating mechanism for the rear ends oi the blades and having parts broken away and in section;

Fig. 12 is a plan view of the jointed pad box, showing a sole positioned by its gage and with the activator blades overlaid upon the margins of the sole.

Fig. 13 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the parts shown in Fig. 12, and with a shoe in position on the blades:

Fig. 14 is a transverse vertical section on the line XIV-XIV of Fig. i3 throughV the toe end ci the shoe;

Fig. 15 is an elevation taken from the side of the pad box opposite to that which is shown in Fig. 1 and illustrating some oi' the stirrup-positioning and operating mechanism;

Fig. 16 is a transverse vertical section, similar to Fig. 14 but showing in section the parts oi the pad box which underlie the toe end oi the shoe:

Fig. 17 is an elevation with parts oi' the machine broken away and in section and showing the position oi the parts oi the hydraulic control mechanism:

Fig. 18 is a diagram oi' the hydraulic mechanism, showing the connections between it and the various operating mechanisms; and

Fig. 19 is a vertical section through a meter- 4 ing unit which assures simultaneous operation of the blades.

As suggested by the dash lines at the left side ot Fig. 3. it is intended that the machine shall be arranged as a twin machine with one unit designed i'or use with right shoes and the other for left shoes. For simplicity, only the unit for right shoes is shown in the drawings, and it comprises a frame having a base member il (Fig. i7) supported on which are columns I2 and Il (Figs. l and 3) which are at the rear since the operator will stand at the left in Fig. 1. Bolted to these columns is a box-like frame it (Fig. 1) which is open at the front and has a cover portion I3 and a transverse web 20. On the upper edges oi the sides oi this box are ribs il), 2|. Attached to the cover portion i2 is the forepart section 22 oi' a pad box and, hinged to this forepart section, is a shank section 2l to which, in turn, is pivoted a heel section 20, thus permitting the longitudinal contour of the pad box to be varied in accordance with variations in the heightwlse curvatures of the bottom faces of shoes designed to accommodate heels ot diilerent heights. 0n this heel section 2l of the pad box are outwardlyextending arms 23 and 30 (Fig. 3) carrying plates 32 and 3l which support the heel part of a bladeoperating mechanism, to be described. Extending rearwardly from the box frame I6 are brackets 38 and 40 (Figs. 1 and 2) to the upper sides of which there is bolted a plate 42 which provides a support for a gage mechanism, to be described. The plate 42 has at the right side (Fig. 3) an elongated extension I4 and at the left a wide extension 46. Beneath this plate and cast integral with it is a small cylinder 48 containing a piston 50 (Fig, 4) the piston rod 52 oi' which is bolted to the depending end N of a slide 5B having the form of a hollow frame with sloping sides. This slide is received in guideways formed on the plate l2 and held there by means ci undercut lateral guide plates 68 and B0 (Fig. 2) attached thereto. The slides outward movement is limited by a stop rod tl (Fig. 3) secured to the plate 42 and having a head coacting with the depending end El.

Having thus described various supporting members of )the structure, we shall proceed more specifically to point out the structure oi the attaching press, much of which is not claimed herein as it is the invention of and is claimed in a copending application of Sidney F.nn. Serial No. 556,391,11led September 29, 1944, Each of the sections 22, 2| and 2B oi the pad box comprises an open box-like member receiving a hollow, resilient, inatable pad B2 (Figs. 9 and 16). Mounted upon these box-like members are rims 6l one o! which is rabbeted (Fig. i6) above the i'orepart section, 22 to receive a slidable U-shaped mask plate t8. The outline o! this plate is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. and, as appears in Fig. 4, the plate is urged rearwardly from the pad box by a spring 61. Above the inflatable pad 62 in each o! the sections is a. soft-rubber pad B3 (Fig. 16) held in position by an overlapping frame l0 within the connes oi which is a thinner pad 12. The frame 1li is rabbeted to receive a cover 14 of leather, or other suitable material, which is clamped in place in the iorepart section by a thin plate 'it and, in the shank portion and the heel portion, by suitably shaped cover-holding plates 'I1 and 'i9 (Fig. 7).

During the use oi' the machine, a sole 'IB previously coated with a thermoadhesive, now dry, is rested upon the pad cover 'il and positioned there by gages, to be described. It is contemplated that aumen both thermoplastic cements. such as synthetic resin cements, neoprene cement and the like, as well as thermosetting cements, may be employed. Above the sole are then positioned activator or heating blades 80 and 82 (Fig. 3) by which the dry cement may be rendered adhesive, and upon these blades in true position above the sole is placed a lasted shoe B which may or may not have a similar coating on its overlasted upper. The shoe is held in position by clamping means` in the form oi stirrups 88 and 80, having a heel block 84 (Fig. 15) and a toe rest 88. respectively. The heel block and toe rest are held for lateral adjustment upon the crossbars oi'4 the stirrups which are of inverted U-shape. The heel block 84 has a gage projection 82 which may be brought against the rear face of the iront cone 84 of the last which is in the shoe. and it is pivotally supported upon a slide 88 capable oi' being moved laterally by a hand lever 88 connected to the slide by a link I8. Similarly, the toe rest 88 may be manually adjusted transversely oi the stirrup 80.

'I'he stirrups 88 and 80. by means of which a shoe is clamped in position. are best shown in Figs. 1 and 15, and they are pivotally attached at their lower ends to a whiiiietree carrying outwardly extending trunnions |02 which pass through slide blocks |04 held in position by nuts |08 at the ends of the trunnions. These slide blocks are received in slots |08, there being one slot in each side oi the box-like frame i8. The whimetree |00 is a casting a little wider than a shoe and, on the trunnions, lust inside the slide blocks |04, are depending links ||0 connected to arms of a bell crank pivoted on a cross rod ||2 passing through the sides of the frame I8, The arms with an arm ||8 midway oi the rod ||2, form a bell crank having at the end of arm H3 a roller ||4 adapted to receive the upward thrust of a hydraulically-operated piston |I5. The action of this piston is to draw down the stirrups and forcibly clamp the shoe and sole on the pad, this pressure being maintained by wedges |40, to be described. When there is no work in the machine, the whiilieti'ee is held in its upward position. as shown in Fig. l, by a spring ||8 connected between the frame and a depending arm on the bell crank. The piston ||8 is received within a cylinder |22 (Fig. 1) and has a slot cooperating with a pin |24 which limits its up-and-down movement. The piston is normally held down by a spring |28. When it is moved up by hydraulic pressure, as will be later described, the whnletree |00 is drawn down to ibring the heel-clamping block 84 and the toe clamp 88 on the stirrups into engagement with the last and the shoe (Fig. 15). A spring |28 (Fig. 1) between the box frame I8 and the stirrup 88 urges the latter. when idle, to the rear ready for the next shoe, as shown in Fig. 1. The two stirrups are interconnected by a link |80 (Fig. 15) having a lostmotion connection |32 to the stirrup 80 which prevents the stirrup 88 from failing against and injuring the stirrup 80. Between the completion of one shoe and treatment of the next, the stirrups are held up away from the pad by pins |84 and |88 in the rib |8 oi the frame box I8 (Fig. 1) and by corresponding pins |88 and |81 on the other ribs 2| (Fig. 15) and the stirrups are notched to engage these pins in their upper, idle positions to prevent their accidental depression when no shoe is in position on the pad.

There are connections between each end oi the pad box and the whiillctree which are extensible 6 and which receive wedges such as that shown at |40 in Fig. 8. The connection between the heel end of the whiilletree and the heel portion 28 oi the pad box comprises depending lugs |42 thereon (Fig. 8) and, hung on the inner sides of these. links |44 pvoted to trunnions |45 on the opposite sides of a hollow block |48. Pins, one ci which is shown at |41, secured in the sides of the lever 228 enter recesses in the trunnions |45 (see the similar connection to the fotepart section in Fig. 9). Within this hollow block |48 there is slidable a sleeve |48 and a strut |50 mounted on a cross pin |52 in the whiiiietree. The sleeve |48 is enlarged at its lower end |54 to provide a mount for a pawl |58 which, at times, is held by a spring |58 in engagement with ratchet teeth |80 on the strut |50. The enlarged end |54 of the sleeve and the block |48 are joined by a spring |82 which tends to draw them toward each other and against the biiurcated wedge |40 (see also Fig. 9i On one side, this wedge has a ledge |84 cooperating with a pin |88 on the pawl |58 to hold the latter out of engagement with the ratchet teeth |50 when the wedge |40 is retracted to the position shown in Fig. 8. As the wedges are moved in to the left by springs |84 (one oi which is shown in Fig. 8), this ledge |84 moves away from the pin |88 and allows the pawl spring |58 to push the pawl |58 against the teeth |80 on the strut |50.

The forepart connection, shown in Fig. 8, between the whimetree |00 and the frame cover I8 which supports the orepart section 22 of the pad box is substantially the same as the connection to the heel section 28 except that, in this instance, the links |44 are omitted and the hollow block |48 is hung between ilanges |88 by means of pins |10 which are carried by downwardly pro jecting bosses |12 on the frame plate i8.

The wedges are individually connected by bars |18 and |18 (Figs. 8 and l5) to a piston |13 (Fig. 1) Within a cylinder |14 supported on the column I2. At their forward ends. these bars are slotted and adjustably connected to a pivot rod passing through the end o! the piston. and the latter is drawn into its cylinder by a spring |82. This piston and cylinder serve as means for withdrawing or knocking out the wedges when it is desired to relieve the pressure on the stirrups, whereas 4the wedges are drawn into operative position by the springs |84 acting in the same direction as the spring |82.

In positioning the stirrups in engagement with the shoe, we have already seen how the gage projection 82 serves to position the heel stirrup. The best position for the toe stirrup, on the other hand, varies with the size and style of the shoe and, to determine this and limit the movement of the toe block 88 toward the heel end oi' the shoe, an adjustable limit pin |80 (Fig. 15) has been provided. This pin is carried by a bell crank |82 which is urged, between cycles, toward the front end of the shoe by a spring |84. Movement of the bell crank to carry the pin |80 in the opposite direction is controlled by a link connection to another bell crank |88 the forked end of which engages a sliding ratchet bar |88, locked in position bv a pawl 200 spring-pressed into engagement with it and having an arm the end of which is adjacent to the pin |85. However, if the stirrup 80, when tilted rearwardly in idle position, is hung on this pin |85. then the rear face of the stirrun adjacent to a shoulder 204 engages this arm 202 and thereby releases the pawl 200, permitting the ratchet slide |88 to be adjusted by 7 Y contact with the end of a rod 200. This rod is carried in the depending end 54 of the slide Il and in a depending lug 208 (Figs. 3 and i5) on the side extension 46 of the plate 42 and operates to adjust the released ratchet when the slide moves forwardly to bring in the sole gages. The rod 206 is held in adjusted position according to the style of shoe by a hand-operated latch 2|0 (Fig, 2) pivoted on the end of the slide and having a notched end adapted to underlie a flange 2|2 and to engage a groove (best shown in Fig. 4) in the rod 206.

A similar hand-adjusted device is utilized for adjusting the position of the mask plate Il and comprises a rod 2|4 (Fig. 4), abutting or secured to the mask plate, and having grooves and a handie at its outer end where it passes through the depending portion 04 of the slide. The mask plate is normally urged to its extreme rearward position (away from the operator) by means of the spring 61 and is returned into Iustgthe desired relation to the pad box by means of the slide 56 to which the rod 2|4 is adiustably connected by means of a notched latch 2|0 constructed as is the latch 2I0 which was described above and permitting corrections for style difi'erences.

'I'he longitudinal contour of the pad box. made up of the articulated parts 22. 24 and 2B. is ad justed by the operator in accordance with the contour of the shoe to be treated. To this end. a U-shaped supporting loop 220 is provided which is pivoted on the pins (Figs. l and 9) and. as the heightwise position of the rear end of this loop 220 is adjusted, it is held there by a handoperated spring-pressed pawl 222 (Fig. 1) supported on the frame box i6 and engaging notches of a segment 224 secured to the rear end of the loop. This varies tie angular relation between the forepart and the shank portion of the pad box so that the longitudinal contour of the box ls changed to accommodate the bottoms of shoes which are to have heels of different heights, On the other hand. if it is desired to vary the angular relation between the heel section and the shank section 24, this may be accomplished bv means of hexagonal grooved blocks 220. one of which is shown in Fig. 8, and which are carried by arod 228 extending transversely of the loop 220 and are arranged to engage ribbed flanges 220 depending from the heel section 26 of the pad box. This rod is provided with an operating handie 232 (Fig. l) and is normally spring-pressed toward the observer but may be moved transversely to release the blocks 220 from the corresponding flanges 230 and enable this six-sided cam member 226 to be moved to a position where the particular groove which will engage one of the ribbed flanges 230 (Fig. 8) will give the desired heightwise displacement between the heel end portion 26 and the loop 22B.

The locations of the sole and the shoe upon the pad box are determined by means of gages which include heel gages for the sole and for the shoe. ball-line gages for the sole. and toe gages for both the sole and the shoe. The'construction and means of adjustment of these are next to be described. and those at the heel end are shown in Figs. 3, 7, 8 and 12. They comprise sole-engaging numbers 240 (Fig. '7) carried on .arms 242 which are attached to forked plates 243 mounted on cross pins 244 carried in hubs 246 pivotally supported upon vertical studs 240, and the latter are supported in brackets 200 (Fig. 8) which are attached to the heel section 26 of the pad box by means of screws and are 8 connected by a cross-bar 20| (Fig. 11). The arms 242 which carry these gages are slightly flexible heightwise of the machine and the gagss themselves rest upon the cover of the pad box, being pressed downwardly by springs 252 which are interposed between the top side of each of the forked members 242 and the under side of a similarly shaped forked portion 204 of arms 200 (Figs. 'l and 8) which carry shoe gages 200. It will be noted from Fig. 12 that these shoe gages are bent downwardly and inwardly from the arms 200 which support them and thus assist in centering a shoe as it is placed on its sole. The forked portions- 204 (Fig. 7) of the shoegage arms are pivoted on cross pins 200 which are held by set screws 202 in the upper ends of the hubs 240. In order to limit the upward movement oi' the arms 2li carrying these heelend shoe gages. stop screws 204 are provided which are held in rearwardly projecting arms 204 at the tops of the hubs 240. Individual lateral adjustment of these heel-end shoe gagesA with respect to each other and the sole gages. to accommodate style dierences, is readily effected by means of hand screws 200 the heads of which fit in grooves 210 in one end of the forked portions 254. The screws 268 are threaded in the shoulders 212 of the hubs 240 and. to facilitate a duplication of the adjustments made, graduations 214 are provided upon the pins 200. and the position of the gage may be determined by noting the position of a shoulder 210 with respect to these graduations.

Swinging of these heel gages. about the vertical studs 248. to bring them in against the sides of a sole and the sides of a shoe is effected by means of a fluid-operated piston 218, in a cylinder 210. attached to the bracketcross-bar 25|. The piston bears against the lower arm of a bell crank 200 pivoted in hangers 202 (Fig. 11) integral with the brackets 250. This bell crank. as viewed in Fig. 8. is normally urged clockwise by means of a spring 282. The upper end of the upright arm of this bell crank has a flange 204 (Fig. '1) positioned for engagement with set screws in the ends of arms 200 (Fig. 11) formed on the lower portions of the hubs 24B. When fluid under pressure is supplied to the cylinder 210 through a line 28 I. the gages will be moved equally and oppositely in toward the work. Inasmuch as the brackets 200 are supported upon the heel 2B of the pad box, this actuating mechanism for the heel-end gages operates independently of the position of adjustment of that portion of the pad box.

The position of the toe end of the work is determined by, a forked toe-end shoe gage 300 (Figs. 4. 5 and 6) of substantial thickness. for engagement with the toe end of the shoe, and a thinner forked plate 302 for engagement with the toe end of the sole. These are carried through intermediate members, to be described. by a lever 204 (Fig. 3) pivoted by a screw 200 upon the hollow slide 50 and hence movable longitudinally of the work, bringing the gages into engagement therewith. The front end ci' this lever 204 has a depending portion 000 (Fig. 6) in which a sleeve surrounding a pin 2|0 is clamped by means of a draw bolt 2|2. 0n this pin 2I0. there is supported a U-shaped carrier 2| 4 for the shoe gage 200 and. below the carrier 3|4. another U-shaped member 3|0 to which there is attached, by a screw and dowels. a plate 2 i8 whichterminates in a toe gage 202 for the sole. These U-shaped carners are held in spaced relation by a stop screw 3I3. The upper side of the carrier 3|4 is undercut to receive a dovetail-shaped slide 323 which is adjustable with respect to the carrier by means of a thumb screw 322 against or with a compression spring 324. This slide has a depending portion 326 on which there is pivotally supported a U-shaped member 323 (Fig. to which the toeend shoe gage 333 is attached by screws. It will be noted from Fig. 5 that the upward movement of the gage carrier 3|4 is limited by a stop screw 333. In addition, means are provided to tilt up the toe-end shoe gage 333. when the slide 53 is in its rearward position shown in Figs. 4 and 6, by providing that gage with a prong 332 which comes into engagement with a stud 334 carried on a cross rod 336 which is supported by depending hangers 333. Having been brought to this uptilted position. the shoe gage 333 is held there frictionally by washers 33| on the bolt extending through the depending portion 326, while it and the sole gage 332 are moved in over the pad box. When, at a later time. a shoe is positioned above the sole, the toe of the shoe will be pushed into the fork of the gage 333 and then downward, carrying the gage with it. This arrangement renders it easier to see the sole gage 332 when a sole is positioned and it also keeps the gage 333 out of the path of movement of the incoming blades. The rearwardly extending portion of the lever 334 has a cam roll 343 for a purpose to be described.

The position of the ball of the sole is determined by ball-lne gages 342 (Figs. 3 and 12) which are carried on arms 344 and 346 attached by screws 343 (Fig. 4) to projecting portions 333 oi forked levers 352 mounted on upright studs 364 and 356 (Fig. 3) which are supported on lugs 353 extending toward the front of the machine from the side portions 44 and 46 of the plate 42 xed to the bracket 43. These forked levers 352 have integral arms 363 which are joined by a link 362 to cause equal and opposite movement of the gages. On the left-hand lever 352 is a short arm 364 joined by a spring 366 with a, long arm 333 upon the other lever. This arm 363 has a depending cam roll 313 (Fig. 1).

Control of the position of these toe and ballline gages to suit the style of the shoe and to an amount depending upon the size of the particular shoe is effected by a templet 312 (Fig. 3). Various shapes of templets are provided for different styles of shoes being treated, and the one in use is positioned on the plate 42 by means of dowels 314 (Fig. 4) received in sockets 316 formed in uprights on the plate 42. The templet is held in these sockets by a spring-pressed clamp 313 mounted in the forked end of a web 333 formed upon the plate 42. The left side of this templet, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 3a, is engaged by the upright roll 343 on the lever 334 which supports the toe gages 333 and 332. The other side of the templet is engaged by a cam roll 332 which is at the end of a member in the form of an arm 334 which is pivotally supported on the slide 66 and is held against the templet by a, spring 336 extending between the lever 334 and this arm 334, the position of the arm depending on the shape of the templet and the extent of movement of the slide. An integral extension 333 of the arm 334 is split. as shown in Fig. 3a, and provided with an undercut groove to receive a dovetail rib 333 upon a. wedge-shaped portion 332 against which rests the roll 313 depending from the long arm 363 which is pivoted on the stud 353 and which forms an extension of the gage arm 344. The position oi' the arm 333, and hence of the ball-line gages, therefore, depends both upon the adjustment of the wedge portion 332 and the shape of the right side of the templet 312. The wedge 332 is provided with graduations 336 (Fig. 3) to enable its position with respect to the extension 333 to be determined in accordance with the width of the shoe and a thumb screw 331 is provided to clamp the wedge in adjusted position. When, as later explained, the slide 33 is moved by reason of the uid admitted to the cylinder 43, the positions of the toe gages and the fall-line gages will be shifted, as later described, in accordance with the style and length and width of the shoe in question.

To particularly adapt the machine for use with cements which may be activated by the application of heat, the activators 33 and 32 are provided, the shapes of the inner edges of which approximate those of the outlines of the sides of the sole. leaving the uncemented mid-portion of at least the forepart uncovered or free of contact with the activators. As a result, the sole, when under pressure, contacts the shoe bottom and thus helps to prevent any change in the relative positions of the shoe parts when the activators are withdrawn. It will be understood that one unit of the machine is intended for use with right shoes and the other unit, indicated in dash lines at the left in Fig. 3, is complementally shaped for use with left shoes. These activators. as illustrated, are thin, flexible sheets or blades of electrically conductive material. such as metal, in order that they may be readily heated to activate the cement which they contact by the application of an electrical current in a manner to be described. At the same time, the use o1' metal permits them to bend transversely in accordance with the longitudinal contour of the shoe. The forepart portions of the blades are attached to sheets of insulation 433 and 43| by a series of loops 432 (Figs. 3, 12 and 16).

In order that these blades may be moved inwardly to a position in which they overlie the sole in contact with the cement on the attaching surface thereof and in order that they later may be withdrawn after the cement has been activated, they are supported on similar movable carriers. At the toe end these carriers are forepart cylinders 434 and 436 (Figs. 3 and 9) which are slidable in a. frame comprising s. U-shaped casting 433 (Fig. 3) having sleeve portions 4|3 (Fig. 4) which surround and are supported on the studs 334 and 353 and at their lower ends rest upon the lower portions of the forked levers 332. The open side of the U-shaped casting is closed by a cross rod 412. It is this rod which also serves as a support for the hangers 333 which carry the stud 334 used to elevate the toe gage 333 when the slide is in the position shown in Fig. 4. Carried in this hollow frame there is a transversely-extending hollow rod 4|4 which is fixed in position therein and is provided with enlargements 4|6 (Fig. 9) serving as pistons on which the cylinders 434 and 433 slide. At each side of these pistons are ports 4|3 and 423 in the hollow rod adapted to be alternatively supplied with a fluid under pressure so that the cylinders, the ends of which are closed by means of stumng boxes 422, will be forced inwardly or outwardly to carry the foreparts of the blades with them. 'I'he outer ends of the rod 4|4 are supplied with fluid through pipes 424 and 423 (Fig. 3) and the middle .portions are supplied with fluid through a connector block 433 (Fig. 4) which is heldin position on the rod by means o! a clamp screw 482. In this connector block 480 are passages leading to the inner ports 4i8, and these passages are supplied in turn by means oi' pipes 484 and 488.

Each cylinder is provided near its mid portion and on its under side with an arm 488 (Fig. 4) integral with the cylinder and which extends toward the front ot the machine beneath the cross rod 4t2. These arms are slidably connected to the cross rod by bearing blocks 440. Each oi the arms 488 is also provided with hangers 442 and 444 in which are carried rockshafts 448 each of which has a trunnlon block 448 pinned thereto at its front end. These rockshaits are substantially parallel to the tops of the pad-box sections on which they are carried. The sheets of insulation' 400. 40| carrying the blades are supported on these blocks by forked arms 480 (Fig. 9) which are pivoted on the trunnions of blocks 448 to make a gimbal-llke joint and avoid any cramping of the blades. Each of the forked arms 450 spreads out into a plate 482 (Fig. 3) which is riveted to the sheet of insulation, as shown more specinpally in Fig. 12.

It is desired that the blades shall not contact with the gages or with the edges oi' the soie as they are moved inwardly and, consequently, means are provided for tilting the roekshatts so that the inwardly moving blades carried by the cylinders 404 and 406 shall be tilted up when they are moved in over the edge of the sole and then tilted down as they reach the desired positions above the margins o! the sole. This is done by rocker arms 454 (Fig. 9) which are similarly but reverselv shaped and are provided with outer humps 450 to tilt the blade carriers up when the humps engage the lower ends oi pins 450 which are mounted on the outer ends of the cross rod 4|2 `and with humps 480 to depress the blades when thev have reached, positions over the margins ci the sole and the rocker arms are in engavement with pins 462 near the inner mid portion of the rnd 4t2. It is desirable that the rocker arms 454 shall be held frictionally so that they will rotate onlv when engaged by the depending pins 458 and 462 and. accordingly. the rockshafts 448 are provided with brake blocks 464 (Fig. which are held in engagement therewith by springs 488 held in position by screws 468 threaded in the arms 488.

To carrv in and to withdraw the heel ends oi' the activating blades. the machine is provided with heel-end cylinders 410 and 412 (Figs. l. 3 and 1l). These cvlinrlers are slidable upon pistons 414 and 418 which are iixed to hollow rods 418 and 4R0 carried by the plates 82 and 84. Integral with these cylinders are bearing blocks 482 and 484 projecting down and up. respectively, and forked a+. their lower and upper ends to slide along the opposed piston rods and thereby to restrain the cylinders against rotation around the piston rods. These bearing blocks carry rockshafts 486 and 488 ,which extend rearwardly of the machine beside the pad box and at their rear ends are riveted to sheets oi' insulation 490 and 492 (Figs. 3 and 12). The sheets are, like the forepart sheets 400 and 40|, loosely secured to the activating blades by means of wire loops, such as the loops 402 previously described. It will be noted that the rockshai'ts 486 and 488 are bent downwardly (Fig. 8) and inwardly (Fig. 3) as they leave the bearing blocks 482 and 484 and, in order that they may be rocked to litt the blades as they are moved inwardly over the edge oi the sole, the rockshatts are provided near the cylinders with depending rocker arms 494 (Fig. 1l) the lower ends of which, as may be seen in Fig. i, are slightly oii'set to engage collars 496 and 498 on a rod 800 which extends between, and is supported by, the plates 32 and 34. Near the end of the inward movement of the cylinders to dis- Dose the blades above the sole, the rocker arms 494 engage the inner collars 498 and push the blades down into contact with the sole. On the other hand, when the cylinders approach the outward limit of their movement. the rocker arms engage the outer collars 496 and raise the blades ready for the next inward movement. 0n the bearing blocks 482 and 4,84, brake blocks 502 (Fig. 3) are provided which restrain the rocker arms 496 and 488 from turning until the arms 494 attached thereto engage one or the other oi' the portions.

collars on the rod 500. The brake blocks 502 are constructed like the similar brake blocks 464 which are shown in Fig. l0. Protecting the operator from this blade-moving mechanism is a cover plate 504, as shown in Fig. l.

The activator blades and 82 are heated by the passage of an electrical current therethrough and, since the foreparts of these blades are considerably wider than the rear ends to accommodate the considerably greater variation in the size and shape of the foreparts oi' soles than of the rear parts thereof, the electrical resistance oi the toreparts is lower than that of the heel parts and hence the voltage applied to the forepart portions is less-than that applied to the heel Accordingly, electrical connections 506, 508 and 5|0 (Fig. 3) are provided which extend to the secondary of the transformer 512 (Fig. 1B) through the primary oi which current from a suitable source is passed to cause the blades to be heated at the desired time in the cycle, as will be later described.

Irl order to avoid leakage of current and to safeguard the operator from any possible danger of shock. insulating material is interposed between those parts of the mechanism which might come in contact with the electrically heated blades and the supports 'upon which said parts are mounted. For example, there is insulating material I between the toe gage plate 3I8 (Fig. 6) and the U-shaped frame 3i6 upon which this is mounted. It will also be seen, from Fig. 4, that there is insulating material I' between the arms 346 which carry the ball gages and the projections 350 to which these are attached. Also, as shown in Fig. 8, there is insulating material I between the sole gages 240 at the heel end and the arm 242 upon which they are supported as Well as between the shoe gages 258 and the arms `25B upon which these are mounted. Insulating material 1"' is also inserted between the forked plates 243 and the gage arms 242.

It has already been pointed out that the operation of the various parts of the machine is effected hydraulically, and the control of these hy- `draulically-operated devices will now be described with the aid of the diagram of Fig. 1C, showing valves V-I to V-8 the position of which in the machine is shown in Fig. 17. The starting positions of the valve pistons is shown in full lines in Fig. 18 and the second position thereof in dotted lines. The valve V-8 is shown in full lines in an intermediate position and will be moved rst to the left to a dotted line position and then to the right to a position indicated by double dotted lines. In this hydraulic system. pressure is maintained by means of a, pump 5M through a distributing line SIB and the 13 pressure in this line is held at 100 pounds per square inch by the operation or a pressure-control valve a contained within a casing 82|. The construction of this valve may be o! any wellknown type.

i As arst step in the operation of the machine, a selected and previously cemented sole may be placed upon the cover Il of the pad box slightly forward of its expected position and will be positioned thereon by various gages, including the toe-end sole gage 302. the ball gages 342 and the heel-end sole gages 24U. The toe gage 302. for example, as well as the shoe gage 300, will be moved into operative position by the piston within the small cylinder I8 and will accompany the slide 56 impositively to engage the sole, whenever the operator depresses a treadle T-i, thereby sliding to the right the pistons contained within a valve V-I. This having been done. fluid will pass from the supply pipe SIB out through a line SIB to the cylinder 4l, the other end of which will exhaust through a line B22 connected at that time with an exhaust pipe containing a needletype throttle valve 52| designed to slow down the gage movement and thereby to protect the operators hands. This movement will continue until the ball gages 342 contact opposite sides of the sole, stalling the piston in the cylinder. It will be understood that the various exhaust pipes shown in the diagram are connected with a sump 525 contained within the base casting IB, as shown in Fig. 17, and from which the pump lll receives oil through a suction pipe 521. When, at a later time, the toe gage is to be moved out, then the return of the valve V-I to the position shown in Fig. 18 will connect the pressure supply line BIB to the line 522, and the other end of the cylinder will exhaust through the line lil and the exhaust port 530.

This same valve V-i controls the operation of the heel gages which are brought into engagement with the sole by the operation of the bell crank 280 when rotated counterclockwise, as viewed in Fig. 18, by pressure of the piston within the cylinder 219. Pressure is supplied to this cylinder through a line 28| which, when the piston of valve V-I is moved to the right, will be supplied with pressure tluld through a throttle valve 526 connected to the supply line IIB. At that time, the exhaust port 52| will be closed. When, at a later time, the valve piston V-I is returned to the positionl shown, the heel gages will be moved outwardly by reason of the return, or clockwise movement of the bell crank 280 under the impulse of the spring 282 (Figs. 8 and 18) connected to it and the fact that this lever is connected by short springs, shown in Fig. 7, to the arms which turn the hubs on which these heel gages are mounted. This result is rendered possible by the escape oi' the pressure fluid in the cylinder through the line 2li and the exhaust port 528.

Since it may be desired to readjust the gages in case the gages fail properly to engage the edge i'ace of the sole as the gages come into position. the valve V-i has been provided with hand levers 532 and |534, it being noted that the piston rod is broken at 536 so that either the forepart gages or the heel gages may be operated separately. Movement of the pistons of valve V-i to the right has already been described as effected by the treadle T|. The return movement of these pistons is effected hydraulically through pressure supplied to a line Bil when a valve V-l has been moved to the right. in a manner to be 14 later described. This valve is provided with an exhaust port "il which. with the valve V-l in the left position shown, allows the right end chamber of the valve V--I to exhaust at the time of the initial movement of its pistons to the right.

The next step in the operation of sole attaching is to move in the heater blades It. 82 to their position over the margins oi the sole. and it will be recalled that the toe ends of these blades are supported by the cylinders 4M and 40B, while the heel ends are supported by the cylinders lll and 12. In each case. the cylinders are slidable upon pistons carried by hollow rods through which pressure uid is introduced to one end or the other o! the cylinders as needed. When the sole has been positioned. the operator steps on a treadle T2, thereby moving the piston of a valve V-2 to the right and connecting the pressure line BIB to aline M2. This branches and. at the toe end. is connected to the pipes l and 426 by means oi which pressure uid is supplied to the cylinders at the inner sides of the pistons, thereby moving the cylinders inwardly. The other branch I of the same line M2 is joined to pipes l and 520 leading to the cylinders 410 and "2 at the inner sides oi' thepistons. The other ends of the cylinders, during this operation, exhaust at the toe through the lines BM and B56 and at the heel through the lines 418 and 812, all leading to a metering unit 550 which is connected through a line 55| to the valve V-2 and, when the latter is moved to the right. is connected to an exhaust containing a throttle valve B80 to slow the inward movement of the blades. This metering unit is a sort of servo-motor having four pistons SSI which are tied together loosely by a plate $53 positioned within the circle of the pistons and received in' grooves therein to assure simultaneous .operation of the blade cylinders. A branch 582 of the line lil connects to the mid portion of a valve V-l, for a purpose to be later described. When the operator releases the treadle T-2, the valve V-2 is returned to the position shown in full lines by reason of the dillerential pressure areas on its two pistons the inner sides of which are undery pressure from the supply line ili. In this illustrated position, the line 542 is connected directly to an exhaust 564. The valve V--T is operated by a cam It! during the normal cycle of the machine but, i! for any reason the blades catch on the work, a hand lever l is provided for operating the valve V-'l which is normally held against the cam by pressure from the line Bil against the e'nd of the piston rod. 'When valve V-'l is moved to the right, it also connects the pressure line IIB through a line BBI to the wedge-withdrawing cylinder.

Assuming, then, that the sole has been located on the pad, the heater blades have been moved into position above the sole margins. the shoe has been located above the blades andsole and the stirrups have been swung manually to position as in Fig. 15, a valve V-S will be operated by a treadle T-I and. after its piston has been moved to the right, it will be retained temporarily the valve V-l. The stirrup piston is moved to pull down the stirrups and, since at this time, the valve V-I is in the position shown, the cylinder |14 is free to exhaust through 558 and 510, and the wedge piston will be operated by the spring i8! which is attached to it to move the wedges in as soon as the stirrups are pulled down, thereby to hold them against the shoe. As soon as the pressure in the line 58|, supplied through line 555, the valve V-l, line 515, the valve V--B and line, 515, reaches a suillcient value, the force on the lett end of the valve V-5 will overcome that received on the right end of the piston rod from the line BIG and, moving the piston to the right, will connect the line 58| to the line 538 so as thereby to provide pressure to move the valve V-I to the left. When the pistons in 'V-I have moved to the leit, all the forepart gages will be retracted irorn the sole, and the spring 2B! will move the heel gages out because the cylinder 2'19 and its line 2li can then exhaust through port 528.

The shoe is now ready to receive an initial pressure through lnilation of the bag 52. As soon as the valve V--3- was operated by its treadle, the pressure fluid from the line 518 through V-3 and the line 519 was transmitted to the leit end of the piston in a valve V-5, overbalancing the pressure from the line M5 against the end of the piston rod and causing movement of the piston to the right to open a line 552 to an exhaust pipe 584 and thereby to allow pressure iluid to iiow from line 5l5 through a hydraulic motor 585 under the control of a throttle valve 586. This motor, acting through a worm and gear 589, will then start rotation ot a cam shaft 580 carrying the cam 565 and other cams. to be later described. The cam shaft 59|) is iournaled in sub-frames 593 (Fig. l'll supporting a rod 591 on which are hung rocker arms 599 connected to the piston rods oi' valves V-I, V-l and V-S and to the bell crank 513 for the latch on valve V-l As the cam shaft turns, a cam 58| thereon will release the piston or a valve V--I for movement to the left and. in so doing, will connect a line 592 to a line BSI and will close an exhaust 595. This initial movement of the piston in the valve V-B to the left is eiiected by pressure applied to the right end of the piston rod from line 5w. The valve V-B will also maintain a line 595 closed. It will be noted that the line 582 is connected to the valve V- through a check valve and, at its other end, is joined to the casing 525, in which there is a reducing valve controlled by adjustment of a nut 598. Thus. iiuid pressure is delivered from the pump to the line 582 at a predetermined pressure of 60 pounds. This 60- pound pressure passing through the line 594, as just described, operates on a piston 600 contained within a bag-inilating device 502 in which there is a sack BBI containing water, the sack. being connected through the line B to the iniiatable bag B2` of the pad box. This arrangement enables the use oi water as a hydraulic fluid in the bag of the pad box where oil would be deleterious to the rubber of the bag and. at the same time, permits the use o! oil in the control valves and other operating cylinders.

Asesoon as the preliminary pressure was appliedto the stirrups, a cam l! on the cam shaft closes an electric switch Bil in the primary circuits of the transformer M2. thus supplying electric current from the secondaries to the circuits 50B, lill and 5N to heat the blades. This cam SI2 is designed to open the switch Just prior to the-withdrawal of the blades which, in the meantime, have activated the cement on either the sole or the shoe. or both. as the case may be. so that the cement is in condition for the immediate attachment oi' the sole to the shoe when the blades are withdrawn.

The cam shaft B continues to turn and, in so doing, a cam B01 thereon operates the piston of the valve V-I to cut oi! the pressure line 518 andto connect a line 5M to the lines Ulli and 58|. One effect oi' this is to change the pressure on the stirrups from to 40 pounds, which is delivered to the line 808 from a reducing valve in the casing 52D the adjustment ot which is maintained by a screw Bill. After a proper interval, the valve V--B is returned by cam 59| to its neutral position, indicated in iull lines in the drawing, where the line 594 is exhausted and the pressure on the bag 82 is relieved. The switch is then opened by the cam M2. At about this time, or just preceding it, the valve V-l was operated by the cam 555 to supply iiuid to the wedge cylinder |14 by line 558 and to the blade cylinders by way of lines SI5, 552 and the metering unit 550, as already described. The lessening of the pressure on the stirrups allows the blades to be withdrawn as their cylinders exhaust through lines 542 and 543 to valve V--2 and exhaust 584.

The valve V-l is freed by cam 501 so that pressure on the end of its piston rod will move it to the left to is original position, whereupon full pressure is again applied to the stirrups, iluld from pressure line 515 passing through V-l to line 518, through V-l to line 501| to the stirrup cylinder |22. I'he increased pressure in the left end of the piston of valve V5 will not adect its position since it has already been displaced to the right.

When the blades are withdrawn, the cam 555 permits the valve V-l to be pressed to the left to connect the wedge cylinder i'M through its line 588 to the exhaust 510, thus allowing the wedges to be thrown into position by the spring |82 to hold the lowered stirrups.

The cam 59| then moves the piston of the valve V--B to the right to connect the line 595 through a check valve to the line 59|, thereby putting a ilnal pressure o! 80 pounds on the bag-operating piston 500. At this time, the exhaust line 595 will open only into a pocket. between two pistons. The pressure in the line 595 is obtained through a reducing valve which is adjusted by the turning of ascrew 5 I8. It follows that there is a substantial pressure applied to the shoe and the sole s ince the stirrups are drawn down iirlnly under a pressure of 100 pounds and the wedge has been moved in to hold this pressure while the 80- pound pressure is applied to the pad 62. This is maintained for a brief interval which, however. is long enough to allow the cement to thoroughly set.

The cam shaft continues to turnl for the duration oi the cycle while the sole is being held against the shoe and, when it has been turned through its cycle is competed. Before that y occurs, the cam 59| allows the piston of the valve rups. The vave V-I is also allowed to return to starting position, as shown in the drawing, since the latch l1! is released by a cam Ill, and hence the stirrup cylinder will be connected to the exhaust 5N through the lines 580, the valve V-I and line ill. At the same time, pressure will be relieved in line 58|, allowing valve V-S to return to its full line position, thereby connecting the line 538 to the exhaust M and leaving the valve V-I free for operation. This movement of valve V-3 also connects line 519 to exhaust B14 and allows the valve V-B to return to its starting position, as shown in the drawings, thereby shutting oi! the exhaust E and stopping the motor 588 which is rotating the cam shaft. Valve V-l is then released by its cam for movement to the left. connecting line BBI to exhaust 510 so that the wedges are released to their springs. The stirrups may then be swung back and the shoe removed from the machine.

While the automatic part of the cycle is pro-` ceeding, following the depression oi.' the treadle IL-3, the operator will be busy loading the other half of the machine, which is indicated in dotand-dash lines at the left of Fig. 3, in which all the valves and all the treadles are duplicated but in which the same pressure-reducing valves within the casing 52B are employed. It will be noted that the pressure lines I6 and 518, as well as those carrying reduced pressure, to wit, the lines 592, E86 and 60B, are all shown as provided with dotted extensions to the left through which pressure fluid may be supplied to these other valves. This is possible because of the fact that the gages operated by the,va.lve V-l and the blade cylinders operated by the valve V-2 take a relatively small quantity of 'oil so that their operation during the automatic portion of the cycle of the other half of the machine will not affect that automatic operation.

In brief. the operation includes the following steps in the sequence noted:

(l) The placing of a sole on the pad by the operator;

(2) Depression of treadle T-I to cause the operation of the gages to locate that sole:

(3) Depression of treadle T-I to cause the blades to be moved into position above the sole;

(4) The positioning of a shoe on the sole by the operator, and his adjustment of the stirrups to their correct position above the shoe;

(5) Depression oi treadle T-3 to cause the application of 100 pounds pressure to the stirrups, allowing the wedges to slip into position.

This will be followed automatically by the following steps:

(6) The withdrawal of the gages;

(7) The starting of the cam shaft;

The inflation of the bag to a preliminaryK (i5) Theapplication of full pressure to the stir- (16) The return of the wedges to operative position;

(i7) The nal pressure (80 pounds) on the bag, holding the sole against the shoe till the cement sets:

(18) Deilation of the bag after a suitable time dwell of perhaps 4 or 5 seconds as the cam shaft rotates, the latter ultimately causing:

(19) The knocking out of the wedges;

(20) The release of the latch 512;

(21)v The release of the stirrup pressure;

(22) The moving aside of the stirrups and removal of the shoe:

(23) vThe partial return of the wedges; and

(24) The stopping of the cam shaft motor.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as vnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. That method of attaching articles by means of a thermoplastic cement appied to the margin of at least one of the attaching surfaces, which consists in interposing a member between the marginal attaching surfaces in surface contact with the cement, applying pressure to the articles and the interposed member to bring the mid-portions of the articles into contact with each other, creating heat in the member after it has been brought into position between the articles, withdrawing the heated member laterally of the sole, and pressing the articles rmly together.

2, That method of attaching soles to shoes by means of a thermoplastic cement applied to at least one of the attaching surfaces, which consists in interposing a heater between the sole and the shoe in contact with the cement, applying pressure to hold the sole against the interposed heater and the shoe, withdrawing the heater without disturbing the position of the sole with respect to the shoe, and pressing the sole and shoe firmly together.

3. 'I'hat method of attaching soles to shoes by means of a thermoplastic cement applied to at least one of the attaching surfaces, which consists in interposing a flexible metallic blade between the sole and the shoe in surface contact therewith, heating said blade while in that position to activate the cement, withdrawing the blade, and squeezing the sole and shoe together.

4. That method of attaching soles to shoes by means of a thermoplastic cement applied to at least one of the attaching surfaces, which consists in interposing a exible metallic blade between the sole and the shoe, holding the three parts together, passing an electric current through said blade to heat it and hence to activate the cement, withdrawing the blade, and pressing the sole and shoe together.

5. That method of attaching soles to shoes by means of a thermoplastic cement applied to the margin of at least one of the contacting surfaces, which consists in laying a heat-conductive ilexible blade upon the coated margin of a sole, placing a shoe thereon with its overlasted upper against the blade, applying pressure sumcient to cause the blade to assume the contour of the shoe bottom, supplying heat for a brief interval through said blade to the cement suilicient to activate the surface of the cement, drawing out the blade. and continuing the pressure for a period long enough to allow the cement to set.

6. That method of attaching soles to shoes having thermoplastic cement applied to at least one of the attaching surfaces. which cement has been allowed to dry before the sole and shoe are brought together, lnterposing a, exible metallic blade between the sole and shoe along the cemented margin, pressing the shoe parts into contact with the blade, transmitting electrical current through the length of said blade to activate only the surface of the cement, shutting ofi the current, withdrawing the blade, and then applying an increased pressure for a period long enough to allow the cement to set.

7. That method of attaching soles to shoes, which consists in plasing a sole upon one of two coacting elements of a pressure mechanism, positioning flexible heating blades along the opposite margins of the sole, positioning a shoe upon the blades and the sole in alinement with the sole, bringing the other pressureelement against the shoe, applying a preliminary pressure to the shoe parts' and the blade to shape the sole to the shoe, heating the blades to activate the cement, reducing the pressure without permitting slippage between the sole and the shoe, withdrawing the blades laterally, and applying an increased pressure maintained for a period sufficient to allow the cement to set.

8. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a pad for supporting a sole, ball-line gage arms pivoted to the pad box, ball gages on said arms for engaging the edge face of the sole adjacent to the ends of the ball line, means for imparting equal and opposite movements to said arms, a forked toe gage movable laterally and longitudinally of the pad box, and templet means for controlling the lateral movement of said toe gage.

9. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a pad for supporting a sole, arms pivoted to the pad box, ball-line gages on said arms, means including a templet for imparting equal and pposite movement to said arms,a forked toe gage movable laterally and longitudinally of the pad box, and templet means for lcontrolling the lateral movements of said toe gage.

10. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a pad for supporting a sole, arms pivoted to the pad box, ball-line gages on said arms, means including a templet for imparting equal and opposite movement to said arms, a forked toe gage movable laterally and longitudinally of the pad box, templet means for controlling the lateral movements'of said toe gage, and fluid-pressure-operated means for moving the toe gage longitudinally of the pad.

11. In a sole attaching machine,` a pad box having a pad for supporting a sole, ball-line gage arms pivoted to the pad box, ball gages on said arms for engaging the edge face of the sole adjacent to the ends of the ball line, means for imparting equal and opposite movements to said arms, a forked toe gage movable laterally of the pad box, a slide movable longitudinally of the pad box on which said toe gage is mounted, and templet means for controlling'the lateral movement oi' said toe gage and the movement of the ball gages. A

12. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a pad for supporting a sole, arms pivoted to the pad box, ball-line gages on said arms, means connecting said arms to cause equal and opposite movement thereof, a forked toe gage movable laterally and longitudinally of the pad box, and templet means for controlling the movements of said ball gage arms.

13. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a pad for supporting a sole, arms pivoted to the pad box, ball-line gages on said arms, means for imparting equal and opposite movement to said arms, a forked toe gage movable laterally of the pad, a slide movable longitudinally of the pad on which said toe gage is mounted, iiuid-pressure-operated means for moving said slide, and a templet acting upon movement of the slide to impart lateral movement to the ball-line gages and to the toe gage.

14. In a sole attaching machine, a sole-support, pivoted levers carrying gages for the sides of a sole, means for connecting said levers for equal and opposite movement, and means for adjusting the position of said gages, comprising a wedge-shaped templet and a member coacting with the side of said templet and movable laterally to move said gage levers, said templet and said member being relatively movable in a direction lengthwise of the shoe, whereby the positionof the gages is determined by the shape of the templet and the amount of relative longitudinal movement between said templet and said member.

15. In a sole attaching machine, a sole support, pivoted levers carrying gages for the sides of a sole, means for connecting said levers for equal and opposite movement, means for varying the position of said side gages, comprising a wedge-shaped templet and a member connected to the gages and coacting with the side of said templet and movable laterally to move said gage levers, said templet and said member being relatively movable in a direztion lengthwise of the shoe, whereby the position of the gages is determined by the shape of the templet and the amount of longitudinal movement between said templet and said member, and a longitudinallyadjustable wedge interposed between said member and the templet for varying the lateral displacement of the side gages in accordance with the width oi the shoe.

16. In a sole attaching machine, a support for a sole, a flat templet mounted in iixed position near that support, a slide, pivoted arms on said slide the ends of which coact with the sides of the templet, a forked toe gage carried by one of the said arms, ball-line gages for the sole, levers supporting said gages, means interconnecting said levers for equal and opposite movement, a member interposed between one of said levers and the arm coacting with the other side of the templet, and impositive means for moving said slide until the ball-line gages contact with the sides of the sole, the toe gage being also positioned longitudinally and laterally by said movement in accordance with the size and style of the shoe.

17. In a sole attaching machine, a support for a sole, a ilat templet mounted in fixed position near that support, a slide, pivoted arms on said slide the ends of which coact with the sides of the templet, a forked toe gage carried by one of the said arms, ball-line gages for the sole, levers supporting said gages, means interconnecting said levers for equal and opposite movement, a member interposed between one of said levers and the arm coacting with the other side of the templet, and impositivo means for moving said slide until the ball-line gages contact with the sides of the soie, the toe gage being also positioned longitudinally and laterally by said'movement in accordance with the size and style of the shoe.

e said member being adjustable in accordance with c the width of the sole to be treated.

18. In a sole attaching machine, a sole support. ball-line gages supported for lateral movement adjacent to said support, a forked toe gage supported for lateral and longitudinal movement adjacent to said support, means for moving said gages comprising a fiat templet removably secured to the sole support, and templet-engaging members movable bodily and laterally in accordance with the length and width of the sole.

19; In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a heel portion and a toe portion adjustable heightwise relatively to one another in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe,

gages for positioning the heel end of a sole on said pad box, and means for movably supporting said gages comprising studs which vare ilxedly mounted upon the heel portion oi' the pad box.

20. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box 20 having a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe bottom, a gage for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, a gage for positioning the rear portion of the shoe with respect to the sole, a gage arm carrying each of the gages, a stud at the rear or the pad box substantially perpendicular to its sole-receiving surface, both of the gage arms being pivotally mounted on said stud, and means for adjusting said shoe gage arm bodily laterally of the pad box with respect to the sole gage arm.

2i. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a toe portion anda heel portion heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe bottom, a pair of gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, a pair of gages for adi ustable positioning the rear portion of a shoe with respect to the sole, a gage arm carrying each of the gages, a pair of studs mounted on the rear portion of the pad-box, one of each pair of gage arms being pivotally mounted` on each stud, the shoe gage arms being mounted for movement on axes perpendicular to the studs, and springs sustaining the shoe gage arms and permitting movement of the shoe gages by the shoe toward the sole gages.

l 22. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe, a pair of gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, a pair of gages for positioning the rear portion of a shoe with respect to the sole, a gage arm carrying each of the gages, and a pair of studs iixedly mounted on the rear portion of the pad box, one of each pair of gage arms being pivotally mounted on each stud.

23. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe, gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the 65 pad box, gages for positioning the rear portion of a shoe with respect to the sole, a gage arm carrying each of the gages, Ya pair of studs nxedly mounted on the rear portion of the pad box, a sole gage arm and a shoe` mounted on each stud, and means for adjusting each shoe gage arm with respect to the corresponding sole gage arm.

24. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box havgage arm being pivotally ing a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe, gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, gages for positioning the rear portion oi' a shoe with respect to the sole, a gage arm carrying each of the gages. a pair of studs nxedly mounted on the rear portion of the pad box, a sole gage arm and a shoe gage arm being pivotally mounted on each stud, and means for adjusting each shoe gage arm laterally of the pad box with respect to the corresponding sole gage arm.

25. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe bottom, gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, gages having inclined surfaces for engaging the shoe in the vicinity of the breast line for positioning the rear portion ot a shoe with respect to the sole, a pair of studs mounted on the rear portion of the pad box perpendicular to its sole-receiving surface, a pair of arms on each stud carrying respectively the sole gage and the shoe gage for one side of the work, the gage arms being movable about axes perpendicular to theI studs, and means for yieldingly sustaining said last-mentioned arms.

26. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe, gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, gages for positioning the rear portion of a shoe with respectt o the sole, a pair of studs mount-ed on the rear portion of the pad box perpendicular to its sole-receiving surface, a pair of arms on one stud carrying respectively the sole gage and the shoe gage for one side of the work, and a pair of arms on the other stud carrying the shoe gage and the sole gage for the other side of the work, said shoe gages having shoe engaging surfaces downwardly and inwardly inclined to direct the shoe into proper relation to the sole.

27. In a sole attaching machine, a pad box having a toe portion and a heel portion adjustable heightwise relatively to each other in accordance with the longitudinal contour of a shoe, gages for positioning the heel end portion of a sole on the pad box, gages for positioning the rear portion of a shoe with respect to the sole, a pair of studs mounted on the rear portion of the pad box perpendicular to its sole-receiving surface, and a pair of arms on each stud carrying respectively the sole gage and the shoe gage for one side of the work, the shoe gage arms being movable about axes perpendicular to the studs.

28. In a sole attaching machine, a shoe support, a gage for positioning the toe endof a shoe on said shoe support, a support for said gage movable to carry the gage from a remote position to a position in engagement with the shoe, said gage being pivotally mounted on said gage support, and means for tilting said gage on its support away from the shoe support in the remote position of the gage support.

29. In a sole attaching machine, a sole support having a longitudinal contour corresponding to the shape of the bottom of a shoe to which the sole is to be attached, a exible activator blade adapted to be interposed between the sole and the 8h08, means for loosely supporting the ends oi' said blade arranged to permit it ytoassume, under pressure, the contour of the sole 

